Childhood friendships and psychological difficulties in young adulthood: An 18-year follow-up study

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 815-826

  Sakyi, Kwame S ^a   Surkan, Pamela J ^a   Fombonne, Eric ^b   Chollet, Aude ^c,d   Melchior, Maria ^c,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Childhood; Externalizing symptoms; Friendship; Internalizing symptoms; Social network; Social support; Young adulthood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIVORCED PARENT; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXTERNALIZING SYMPTOM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRIENDSHIP; GENDER; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNALIZING SYMPTOM; LEARNING DISORDER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL DIFFICULTY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRANCE; FRIEND; HUMAN RELATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; FRIENDS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943360686     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-014-0626-8     Document Type: Article

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